Daily updates (and photos!) from our passage from Ponta Delgada on São Miguel in the Azores to Cascais in Portugal.
Category: Sailing Life
Going the rest of the way
Another big passage ahead of us.
Making our Mark
Don’t anger the sailing gods!
Atlantic Crossing: Week 2
May 12th to 18th of our passage to Horta
Our last night in the Caribbean!
It’s time to set sail!
Departure Update, May 1st
Weather delays…
Time for a New Adventure!
It rained heavily for most of last night, bringing a morning of grey skies and cooler temperatures. I know this is just a passing weather system (it was a sweltering 32 degrees just two days ago), but I can’t help but get that ‘end of summer’ feeling – cooler weather, fewer people in the bars Continue Reading
Happy New Year!
It’s been a minute since our last post… New Year, new posting schedule? 😉
Pointe-à-Pitre
The main island of Guadeloupe is shaped like a big butterfly. Basse Terre, on the Western side, is full of tall, volcanic mountains covered in lush green forests and beautiful waterfalls (which we have yet to go explore, alas). Grande Terre, to the East, is more flat and dry, and largely developed with towns and Continue Reading
Boat TLC, and Goodbye to Antigua
Sailboats use “anti-fouling” paints on under the water to stop, or at least slow down things growing on the hull. Without the paint, hard growth such as barnacles, and soft growth (plants/sea weed/slime) happily attaches to the hull and grows. The developing forest makes it harder for the boat to move through the water, slowing Continue Reading